SO I ASKED SANTINA about her take on 90210 ( the new one )

I honestly was a fan of the first episode of the new 90210. The acting wasn’t amazing, but that’s kind of how night time soaps go. Sure, I miss Dylan and David and some of my other favorites, but you can’t go wrong with Kelly Taylor and I NEVER thought I’d see Brenda Walsh again! Even though it has the same name, this show is a spin-off. Personally, I’m watching it as a new show, and am taking the glimpses into the past as little gifts.

In the first episode, we got to see Andrea Zuckerman’s daughter as the lead journalist at West Beverly, although now they’ve evolved from a newspaper to television reporting. I just wonder where mommy and daddy are… Andrea didn’t live with her parents, so maybe they’re not around either…Time will tell. We also got reacquainted with Kelly and David’s little sister Erin, who goes by the nickname “Silver” and runs a blog where she mocks her schoolmates – Clearly she got Kelly Taylor’s bitchiness and David Silver’s creativity.

Also back on the show is Nat, who runs the now “hip” coffee house by day/club by night, “the Pit”. No more “mega-burgers”, but the kids still hang out there.

And in scenes for next week, I am excited to see Kelly’s dysfunctional alcoholic mother, Jackie, will be back. Not to mention, who is the father of Kelly’s baby? We heard her talking to him on the phone, and they hinted that it might be Brandon, but I’ve got my fingers crossed for a daddy Dylan cameo…

The new kids were cute – I especially liked the new “Brenda”, now Annie, but wasn’t a huge fan of her brother Dixon…The two moved from Kansas with their parents Rob Estes and Full House’s Aunt Becky to live with their aging actress grandmother Tabitha, who I also thought was hilarious. I thought the ‘bitch’ in school, Naomi, played a good bitch (you might remember her as the teenage seductress from Nip/Tuck who tried to poison Julia) and her friend, Adriana, played a good drug/fame addict.

So to wrap it up, I’m loving the combo of old and new. No one ever got a BJ on the original, and I’m pretty sure no one ever said ‘vagina’, both of which happened within the first 10 minutes of this season, so obviously there’s a lot more the kids of West Beverly can get away with in this new millennium. I’m hoping for a Brenda/Kelly catfight, but I hear it’s not gonna happen. I want more info about my original cast members, but as long as I get a little in each episode I’ll be happy. Picking up the subtle clues to the past makes watching the new season like a game for the original fans.

We’re not 15 anymore, so if the show seems cheesy to you now, it’s because you’re getting old. It’s on the CW – What are you expecting? If you ask me, round 2 is awesome so far. Thank you for asking.

THANKS SANTINA... and keep up the good work!